Accenture
AI Architect
$130K–$265K
Chantilly, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Feb 18, 2026
- Location
- Chantilly, VA
Chantilly, Virginia, United States - Experience
- 8 years with AI systems and Agentic systems; 4 years with AI and/or Data.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree is nice to have; no equivalent-experience alternative stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must have US work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship. Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance is required.
About the job
Leads the design, development, and deployment of a secure, scalable agentic AI system that coordinates user queries across diverse data sources.
What you'll do
- Define system architecture and select and govern AI/ML and platform technologies.
- Partner with development, DevOps, and data engineering teams to turn requirements into an extensible architecture.
- Design for production readiness, traceability, and reliability; evaluate models and manage prompt strategies.
What they ask for
- Experience designing and deploying LLM-based systems, including RAG, tool-calling, and multi-agent patterns; knowledge of embeddings, vector search, orchestration, memory, and reasoning workflows.
- 8 years of experience with AI systems and Agentic systems.
- 4 years of experience with AI and/or Data.
- Experience with Python, agent frameworks, data engineering, APIs/microservices, vector databases, SQL engines, distributed systems, cloud services, and RAG; understanding of DevOps tools and principles.
Nice to have
- Experience with Model Context Protocol.
- Bachelor's degree.
Pay
$130,200 — $265,300 USD base salary
Tools
Python, RAG, Model Context Protocol, vector databases, SQL engines, APIs/microservices
AI focus
Architect and deploy agentic AI using LLMs, RAG, tool-calling, and multi-agent patterns to orchestrate queries across heterogeneous data sources.
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